ABSTRACT

This book was first published in 1954, A Modern English Grammar on Historical Principles is a valuable contribution to the field of English Language and Linguistics.

chapter I|15 pages

Introductory

chapter II|33 pages

Number

chapter III|21 pages

The Unchanged Plural

chapter IV|39 pages

The Meaning of Singular and Plural

chapter V|55 pages

Meaning of Number. Continued

chapter VI|21 pages

Number in Secondary Words

chapter VII|26 pages

Number. Appendix

chapter VIII|21 pages

Substantives

chapter IX|14 pages

Substantivized Adjectives

chapter X|26 pages

The Prop-Word One

chapter XI|11 pages

Adjectives as Principals

chapter XII|27 pages

Relations between Adjunet and Principal

chapter XIII|21 pages

Substantives as Adjuncts

chapter XIV|30 pages

Adjuncts. Continued

chapter XV|37 pages

Adjuncts. Concluded

chapter XVI|41 pages

Rank of the Pronouns

chapter XVII|23 pages

Rank of the Pronouns. Concluded